AGASSIZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Minn. -- The sun was just a dimming red ball on the western horizon when Maggie Anderson stepped out of the truck to hear what she could hear. The sky overhead was ...
From sandhill cranes over the Rio Grande to canyon frogs in Havasu, explore the wild sounds that signal spring across the ...
As I had mentioned a few columns back, this first full week in May is the start of spring for me. And what a start it has been: Bluebells hit peak bloom, a full moon greeted us with bats feeding under ...
As winter fades and spring arrives, Connecticut’s wetlands, ponds, and forests come alive with the calls of frogs and toads. These amphibians are an important and often overlooked part of the state’s ...
Friends of the Rouge want to recruit volunteers to ID the sounds of eight frog and toad species to monitor the health of the ...
We're all happy to reach the end of winter, but for frogs and toads, spring means a great deal more than it does for us. They have been in deep hibernation, their lives barely flickering. Their body ...
Like you, from time to time I get asked to name my favorite musical albums. Among my list of Led Zeppelin and Van Morrison and Charlie Parker selections is one by Ray Anderson, the late University of ...
Watch for the first arriving monarch butterflies. They are following the development of milkweeds on which they lay their eggs. Woodland wildflowers such as large-flowered trillium, columbine, jack-in ...
The study, carried out by the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), shows that during the cold early days of spring, male frogs sing slow, sluggish, and less energetic songs.